"This... this is..."
Sister Alela looked up in bewilderment.
Then excitement spread across her face.
"The grace bestowed by our Lord!"
Holy light descended upon Nevis City like a pillar reaching the heavens. Amid the warnings from the Mage Tower's Tower Spirit, the nature of the power was swiftly analyzed.
It was identified as...
Divine grace!
Divine grace was a blessing bestowed by a deity, a type of blessing spell.
The arcane community generally understood it as an exceptionally long-lasting enhancement of magic power, equivalent to a persistent buff.
For most short-lived species, and even long-lived species whose lifespans did not exceed a thousand years, its effects were effectively "permanent."
Roland had once received similar blessings, gaining the abilities "Nomos's Blessing" and "Read Law."
But the Goddess of Light was clearly far more generous toward Luo Guang.
Sacred Guard Effect 1: Grants an innate holy light shield with durability equivalent to 200 HP...
This approached the physical resilience of an adult dragon. In other words, with this protection alone, the newborn Luo Guang could "jump into a volcanic lava lake for a bath," "take a direct hit from a house-sized boulder," or "withstand an attack from a higher-tier warrior."
The shield could recover after receiving holy light spells or positive energy healing, providing an abundant reserve of vitality out of thin air.
Effect 2: Immunity to most negative energy and toxins.
As the information indicated, she could be impervious to all manner of poisons.
Effect 3: Elemental tolerance and enhanced environmental resistance.
This allowed her to withstand extreme cold or heat.
Divine Empowerment Effect: Strength +6
An infant had very little strength, so its effects would not be apparent for now. As she grew older, however, it would give her the equivalent